What is Privacy Policy?

A website privacy policy is a legal agreement designed to protect the personal data of all customers that visit your website. Privacy policies make sure that personal information such as contact details remain private. It is a general legal document that covers all of the data that is processed by your site.

Privacy laws and personal information protections are different around the world. Some of the most common are the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

It is different from a cookies policy in that a cookie policy only deals with the use of cookies on your site. Similarly, it is different from a terms of service agreement, which is the set of terms, conditions, and usages that a user must agree to if they want to use a given service. It may include usage rights, refund policy, return policy, and more. Use Zyro’s terms of use generator to create this agreement.

Can I copy someone else's privacy policy?

Under the new GDPR, no two privacy policies should be the same. While the main body of the privacy policy will be similar, your privacy policy must be tailored to your site. That is why Zyro’s privacy policy generator creates custom privacy policies.

How much does a privacy policy cost?

Luckily, with Zyro’s handy legal generator tools, it is entirely free to make sure you are covered when you need a privacy policy.

Simply add your information into the required fields, and Zyro will instantly create a custom privacy policy for your business. No legal advice is needed.

Is privacy policy required by law?

A privacy policy is a legal requirement if your site collects personal information or data from its users. Personal information is any data that can identify a site user. A privacy policy is required under privacy law for online businesses worldwide.

Not every site needs a privacy policy, only those that collect personal information—for example, an email address. You can check the types of information that are included under GDPR for guidelines.

It is good legal advice to include a privacy policy even if you do not think your site collects any private user data. As a small business, it is easier to generate GDPR compliant privacy policy information than face the repercussions if you are mistaken.

What should a website privacy policy include?

At a minimum, your privacy policy should include a declaration that your site will collect and store the personal information that is provided by its users, such as names, phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses.

Your policy should also state that this information is provided voluntarily and noting how your site will use this data once it has been collected.